Humor in PPT
Presentation Zen has a humorous posting on presenters using PowerPoint humor to make their points. The posting includes 4 video clips showcasing the use of PowerPoint combined with humor including:
- Is there life after Death by PowerPoint?
- Mankiws 10 Principles of Economics
- Chicken, Chicken, Chicken - about using one word in a presentation
- Motivational business presentation
In another article on humor, Humor Power has a good posting offering 16 tips on opening your presentation with humor. Among the tips are a humorous story, humor in your speaker introduction, a contest, a poem or limerick, a quote and audience participation. The danger with humor is that unless tested your idea of humor might not always connect with the audience.
